A towering pillar of human sweat, Don Bon Dio, Love Butter's bassist and
co-vocalist, announces the next song as a tribute to family values. The band
then rushes into "Meat Hook Belt," an odyssey of terror where a family
is tormented by the evil presence of some unimaginable butcher's tool. The
lyrics are horrific, yet somehow the audience is breaking into smiles.
"What the...?" This was the scene at Love Butter's latest San
Francisco gig.

How did these three
unlikely individuals create such a bizarre musical beast? 7-11 answers,
"It was weird and totally unplanned. Don and I met when we were DJs at a
local bay area college radio station. At the time, the station was producing
a radio soap opera. They were writing this story-line about a punk band named
Love Butter. We were invited to compose and perform the band's theme song,
even though they knew we had no measurable talent. We recruited this dude
named Rob Pongi to write and sing the vocals. Rob was this insane guy from the
east coast with a deep psychotic hatred for his job, and the ability to
express that psychosis through these wonderful stream of conscious lyrics.
Together, we recorded the "Love Butter Theme," which received some
radio airplay."

Bon Dio jumps in...
"We got excited that our little joke band was getting attention, so we
decided to keep it going. We soon lost Rob, who moved to Japan to form a
noise band. Kevin and I started writing new material, and we played a few
parties using his drum machine. We got pretty good as a duo, but to play live
or record, we really needed a (human) drummer." "That's the
nebulous role I fill," chimes in Corn. "When I first met Don and
Kevin and listened to their homemade tapes, I thought they had to be kidding
about trying to form a real band. But after I took them up on an offer to
sit-in and jam, I then realized these guys could really ROCK! And here was a
chance to play with a band that had no preconceived notions of musical
structure." 7-11 recounts with a smile, "Yeah, he thought the two
of us sucked as musicians, but he knew we kicked ass anyway".

Love Butter does rock in a unique
way. It seems that each song fills a different indie rock genre. "I Need
More Memory" evokes the sing-song melodies of The Fall. "Meat Hook
Belt" could have been a Killdozer classic. "Geek from Walnut Creek"
is a retro / cow-punk anthem. "The tunes were meant to be stupid but
fun," says Bon Dio. Corn injects, "Yeah, that's stoopid with two
O's!" 7-11 summarizes, "We just want people to have a good time --
you know, rolling around on the floor and all that." And judging by
their latest gig, Love Butter's audience is up for the challenge.

Eager to become the next
trendy "boy band", Love Butter presents its debut CD, King Lung
Meat Market. Recorded with no overdubs and a bad mix, you're sure to
either enjoy it or be repulsed by it. Either way, Love Butter will have
succeeded in its twisted musical mission...